[PATCH v2] Document/kexec: Generalize crash hotplug description
Sourabh Jain
sourabhjain at linux.ibm.com
Mon Aug 12 22:28:12 PDT 2024
Hello Baoquan,
On 13/08/24 10:34, Baoquan He wrote:
> On 08/12/24 at 09:46am, Sourabh Jain wrote:
> ......
>> ---
>>
>> Changelog:
>>
>> Since v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240805050829.297171-1-sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com/
>> - Update crash_hotplug sysfs document as suggested by Petr T
>> - Update an error message in crash_handle_hotplug_event and
>> crash_check_hotplug_support function.
>>
>> ---
> ......
>> diff --git a/kernel/crash_core.c b/kernel/crash_core.c
>> index 63cf89393c6e..c1048893f4b6 100644
>> --- a/kernel/crash_core.c
>> +++ b/kernel/crash_core.c
>> @@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ int crash_check_hotplug_support(void)
>> crash_hotplug_lock();
>> /* Obtain lock while reading crash information */
>> if (!kexec_trylock()) {
>> - pr_info("kexec_trylock() failed, elfcorehdr may be inaccurate\n");
>> + pr_info("kexec_trylock() failed, kdump image may be inaccurate\n");
> Wondering why this need be updated.
In some architectures, additional kexec segments become obsolete during
a hotplug event,
so simply calling out the `elfcorehdr may be inaccurate` may not be
sufficient.
Therefore, it has been generalized with the kdump image.
Thanks,
Sourabh Jain
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